Section 1
What did Kennon want to defend?
Segregation
Who was elected governor in 1964?
John J. McKeithen
What did countries around the world suffer from?
Economic depression
Which country had to pay for the damage of World War II?
Germany
What did President Truman do on July 26, 1948?
He signed an executive order to end segregation
Who won the election for governor’s office in 1940?
Sam Houston Jones
When Earl Long died, what dominated politics?
Racial equality and civil rights
How did World War II affect Louisiana?
Many people didn’t have jobs and crop prices decreased.
What does victory garden mean?
a garden planted by residents of cities in their yards or on nearby lots to grow their own food during World War II .
What year did African Americans stage a boycott?
1953
Who was elected governor in 1952?
Robert Kennon
Who attacked Pearl Harbor?
What day was Pearl Harbor attacked?
What does isolationists mean?
People who want to avoid international political and economic relations and instead focus energies and resources on solving a country’s own economic problems.
What does maneuvers mean?
a large-scale armed forces training exercise.
Where was a major civil rights victory achieved?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who were the two main candidates for governor’s office in 1940?
Earl Long and Sam Houston Jones
What state was the headquarters for military training?
Louisiana
How many people were killed?
45,000,000
What does war matériel mean?
equipment and supplies used by soldiers.
When did public schools in New Orleans start to integrate?
1960
What system did Jones create?
The civil service system
How many people died in the six year war?
15,000,000
What does rationing mean?
limiting the consumption of scarce resources or supplies, such as during a war.
What is a GI Bill?
A 1944 federal law that made an educational scholarship available to anyone who had served in uniform during the war; officially called the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act.
What did President Johnson sign?
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965